Billy Bragg - The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions lyrics

Here we are, seeking out the Reds

Trying to keep the communists in order

Just remember when you're sleeping in your beds

They're only two days drive from the Texas border

How can a country large as ours

Be scared of such a threat

Well if they won't work for us

They're against us you can bet

They may be sovereign countries

But you folks at home forget

That they all want what we've got

But they don't know it yet

We're making the world safe for capitalism

Here we come with our candy and our guns

And our corporate muscle marches in behind us

For freedom's just another world for nothing left to sell

And if you want narcotics we can get you those as well

We help the multi-nationals

When they cry out protect us

The locals scream and shout a bit

But we don't let that affect us

We're here to lend a helping hand

In case they don't elect us

How dare they buy our products

Yet still they don't respect us

We're making the world safe for capitalism

If you thought the army

Was here protecting people like yourself

I've some news for you

We're here to defend wealth

Away with nuns and bishops

The Good Lord will help those that help themselves

I've some news for you

We're here to defend wealth

We're making the world safe for capitalism